Sit Stretch

If you are sitting right now then stop and do this stretch!  (We’ll show you a few variations to that WILL make a dramatic improvement)

Here is how to do it:

1. Have a seat, if possible, find a spot where your feet won’t touch the ground – like on the edge of a desk, or counter top.
2. Clasp your hands behind your back resting on table, drop your head down and roll through the mid back.
3. Then open up bringing the head back, arching through the back, bringing the elbows back and tightening up in the mid back area, and then relax.
4. Do this 10 times.

Doing this stretch helps in the following way:

1. Loosens the mid back area and spine – because we sit so much.
2. Stretch’s out the front part of the shoulder which tends to be tight – because we have front shoulder rounding sitting and working all day.
3. Working on activating those muscles in the mid back area which tend not to work right in people – we need the right muscles to work to help relieve the strain and stress of working all day.

I know, this looks almost TOO SIMPLE and TOO EASY.  Try it, you’ll like it.

If you are sitting, take a break and go through this simple exercise. It will dramatically help your posture, your back, neck and shoulders

A simple progression to this exercise is to:

1. Again – have a seat, if possible, find a spot where your feet won’t touch the ground – like on the edge of a desk, or counter top.
2. Clasp your hands behind your back resting on table, drop your head down and roll through the mid back. (Just like above)
3. Now, maintain head position – and do a leg extension 10x with your right leg.  Make sure to go slow and controlled and keep your chin tucked the whole time.
4. Do the leg extension 10x with your left leg – slow and under control.